Vocabulary

• to the rescue: Arriving in time to help or save someone from danger.
• work up to: To gradually increase effort or level until reaching a goal.
• under arrest: Being held by the police; formally detained.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• siren: Device that produces loud warning sounds; alarm
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• ambulance: Vehicle equipped to transport sick, injured people
• hose: Tube that carries a liquid
• long: Person's name
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• honk: To make a loud noise like that of a horn
• tow: Pulling another vehicle; being pulled thus
• bulldozer: Large powerful tractor to flatten areas of ground
• excavator: Special heavy digging machine
• livery: Uniform or design of a sports team, racing car etc.